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Equipment and crane rental work coming up in Philadelphia
779 projects in Philadelphia fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought.
By Max Gillespie · Updated
Counted Nov 11, 2026, 2:56 AM ET · updates daily
Projects that fit, from the last 30 days
A few of the 779, biggest first. Each opens its project file. Pro names the people on each one.
- Merck expansion, Montgomery CountyManufacturing buildingProposed
- Ridge Pike (School-Belvoir) (SR 7046)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
- Ben Franklin Bridge Preservation (SR 7301)Renovation of a buildingPermit · Proposed
- Spring Garden St: Pennsylvania Ave - Delaware Ave (SR 2006)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
- th Street over Amtrak (City of Phila. Bid No. ____ECMS) * (SR 7301)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
- Falls Bridge over Schuylkill River (City of Phila. Bid No. ____ECMS) (SR 7301)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
- N Valley Road: US 30 to Central Ave (SR 1005)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
- PA23/US422 Int & N Gulph (SR 23)Site work for a buildingPermit · Proposed
When equipment and crane rental gets bought
Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.
Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA.
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- How do equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies find new projects in Philadelphia?
- Watch the public record, not the bid boards. Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA. 779 projects in Philadelphia fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought. Radar sends the next one the day it files.
- When does a GC buy equipment and crane rental on a job?
- Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.
- Where does this count come from?
- Groundbreak reads building and zoning permits naming the contractor and owner, subs on trade permits, permit applications months before the permit, Zoning Board appeals, certificates of occupancy, county plan reviews in Delaware and Chester, Montgomery and Delaware County deeds with both parties, Delaware County mortgages with the lender, City deeds and mortgages through August 2026, notices of commencement and furnishing, state grants, air permits and road lettings and FAA height filings in Philadelphia every day and groups them into projects. This page counts the projects at the stages a rental company watches, the same count sign-up shows for the same picks. It was computed Nov 11, 2026, 2:56 AM Eastern and updates daily.
- What does Groundbreak cost?
- Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial. Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime.
- Can I ask ChatGPT or Claude for this?
- Yes, with Pro. Groundbreak runs an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants can search Philadelphia's permits, projects and companies and say who is on them. Setup takes a minute: https://docs.groundbreak.city/mcp.